He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played for Buckinghamshire. Lynch made his cricketing debut in the Minor Counties Championship in 1984, a competition in which he played until 2001. He made a single List A appearance for the side, in the 1990 National Westminster Trophy, against Nottinghamshire.
From the lower order, he scored 46 runs, the highest score of any batsman on the Buckinghamshire team
Lynch bowled 7 overs in the match, taking figures of 1-52, his only wicket being that of Paul Johnson.